High Green Episode 21: Walter Dunn at the B&MRRHS, 3/9/1985

BM 3025 at East Deerfield Yard, Deerfield, MA - July 15, 1939. The powerful 2-10-2s, nicknamed “Mudsuckers” on the Boston & Maine, are one type of locomotive Walter Dunn speaks of in his reminiscing. Robert E. Chaffin Photo - Boston and Maine Railroad Historical Society Collection.

In today’s episode of High Green, we continue our oral history series with a presentation given before the B&MRRHS on March 9, 1985 by former B&M employee Walter Dunn. Dunn recounts the hiring practices of the B&M, the difficulties of the steam to diesel transition of the 1950s, and many humorous stories from his 40-year career on the Fitchburg Division.

This recording was captured by, and graciously loaned to us for release, by B&MRRHS member Jim Dufour. You can view Jim’s masterful HO-scale layout of the B&M’s Cheshire Branch here: https://www.youtube.com/user/cheshirebranch/videos